With the new mayor and City Council there are two more sets of meetings (Regular Council + Standing Committee) — this week and then the week of Dec 17. For posterity, here are the agendas and document links (abridged) for this week. We start by listing a few topics to bring to your attention. Note that the Public Hearing date of Dec 18 has been cancelled. One other Council meeting is on December 11, a Special Council meeting for the 2019 budget. Please to to the City website for the official updated agendas.

Dec 4 (Tues) Regular Council – some highlights

The motion on “Protecting Tenants from Renovictions and Aggressive Buy-Outs” goes to a vote, now that Council has heard many speakers.

Staff are recommending this topic NOT go to public hearing: Zoning and Development By-law for RT 7 and RT-8 Zones (Kitsilano) and RT-10 and RT-10N (Kensington-Cedar Cottage)

Motion B1 by Mayor Stewart on revising “Conflict of Interest Rules”

Motion B2 by Mayor Stewart on creating a “Lobbyist Registry for the City of Vancouver“

Motion B3 on “Possible Amendments to By-law 6066 to Allow for Safe and Licensed Ride Sharing in Vancouver”

Regular Council agenda
December 4, 2018

Date and location

REPORT REFERENCE

1. Perspectives on a New City Plan: How Might Young People Stay and Thrive in Vancouver? SFU Semester in Dialogue at CityStudio

Gil Kelley, General Manager of Planning, Urban Design and Sustainability, along with CityStudio students, to present on this matter.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Added UB Item – November 30, 2018

1. Protecting Tenants from Renovictions and Aggressive Buy-Outs

On November 28, 2018, Vancouver City Council, at its meeting immediately following the Standing Committee on Policy and Strategic Priorities, referred debate and decision on the above-noted motion to the Regular Council meeting to be held December 4, 2018, at 5 pm, as Unfinished Business.

1. Reconsideration of Referral for Amendments to Zoning and Development By-law for RT 7 and RT-8 Zones (Kitsilano) and RT-10 and RT-10N (Kensington-Cedar Cottage)

BY-LAWS

1. A By-law to designate certain real property as protected heritage property (3123-3129 West Broadway Street – Hollywood Theatre)(Councillors Bligh, Boyle, Dominato, Fry, Hardwick, Kirby-Yung, Swanson, Wiebe, and Mayor Stewart not on Council at the time of the relevant meetings)

3. A By-law to designate certain real property as protected heritage property (1853-1857 East 11th Avenue – Karme Residence)(Councillors Bligh, Boyle, Dominato, Fry, Hardwick, Kirby-Yung, Swanson, Wiebe, and Mayor Stewart not on Council at the time of the relevant meetings)

Added By-laws – November 30, 2018

4. A By-law to amend Zoning and Development By-law No. 3575 to rezone an area to CD-1 (1715 Cook Street)(Councillors Bligh, Boyle, Dominato, Fry, Hardwick, Kirby-Yung, Swanson, Wiebe, and Mayor Stewart not on Council at the time of the relevant meetings; Councillor De Genova absent for the Public Hearing)

5. A By-law to enact a Housing Agreement for 616 East Cordova Street

MOTIONS

A. Administrative Motions

1. Approval of Form of Development: 410 West Georgia Street (Formerly 400 West Georgia Street)